Entering text

Get to know how to use Samsung keyboard to enter text in your Galaxy Note 3.  In addition to typing, voice input and direct pen input are also illustrated.

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Use  the Samsung keyboard, or the voice input feature to enter text in Galaxy Note 3.

• Text entry is not supported in some languages. To enter text, you must change the input language to one of the supported languages.

Changing the keyboard type

Tap any text field, open the notifications panel, tap Choose input method, and then select the type of keyboard to use.

Using the Samsung Chinese IME keyboard

Changing the keyboard layout

Tap  → T-Chinese(Hong Kong), and then tap Qwerty CangJie or Stroke.

Tap  → English, and then tap Qwerty English or 3×4 English.

• On the 3×4 keyboard, a key has three or four characters. To enter a character, tap repeatedly the key corresponding to the character.

Changing the keyboard type

Tap  to change the keyboard type.

Changing language keyboards

Tap the input language key to change language keyboards.

Handwriting

Tap  → Full handwriting, and then write a word with a finger or the S Pen. Suggested words appear as characters are entered. Select a suggested word.

Stroke mode

Tap  → Stroke to switch to stroke mode, and then tap the stroke keys. Tap  when you are not unsure which stroke to enter. To view more alternative characters, tap 

Using the Samsung keyboard

Entering uppercase

Tap  before entering a character. For all caps, tap it twice.

Changing the keyboard type

Tap and hold , and then tap  to change the keyboard type.

Changing language keyboards

Add languages to the keyboard, and then slide the space key left or right to change language keyboards.

Handwriting

Tap and hold  → , and then write a word with a finger or the S Pen. Suggested words appear as characters are entered. Select a suggested word.

Use handwriting gestures to perform actions, such as editing or deleting characters and inserting spaces. To view the gesture guides, tap  → Help → Use handwriting gestures.

Direct pen input

On the Applications screen, tap Settings → Controls → S Pen → Direct pen input, and then drag the Direct pen input switch to the right.

When hovering the S Pen over a text field,  icon appears at the upper left corner of the text field. Tap  to write with the S Pen. To make simple corrections, change input languages, or enter a space between characters, tap each correction tool displayed on the handwriting pad.

When this feature is enabled, you can do the following actions:

• Send a handwritten message.
• Make a call by writing a contact name or a phone number on the keypad.
• Set an alarm just by writing numbers.
• Browse the Internet by writing web addresses.

Entering text by voice

Activate the voice input feature and then speak into the microphone. The device displays what you speak.
If the device does not recognise your words, tap the underlined text and select an alternative word or phrase from the dropdown list.
To change the language or add languages for voice recognition, tap the current language.

Copying and pasting

Tap and hold over text, drag  or  to select more or less text, and then tap Copy to copy or Cut to cut. The selected text is copied to the clipboard.

To paste it into a text entry field, tap and hold at the point where it should be inserted, and then tap Paste.

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